How an App Could Give Some Gig Workers a Safety Net
How an App Could Give Some Gig Workers a Safety Net
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
July 10, 20186m 32s
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Show Notes
The gig economy has a problem. Freelancing is increasingly common, but it’s still difficult and costly to access benefits without a 9-to-5 job. For the lowest-paid workers, it can be close to impossible. In the past few years, many have seized on the idea of “portable benefits": insurance and paid time off not bound to a single employer.
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